Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
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They need to make a "Woody walks into a Cantina" variant of this scene (Spoiler: Woody shoots first!)
Can't believe this clip is nearly 25 years old.
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Guessing they'd go with your standard character arc. Han will start out as the wide-eyed troublemaker with a heart of gold who befriends a wookie, some curve balls along the way, becoming the hardened smuggler we all know by the end.
Could be good, depending on how they go about it, or completely unnecessary.
iannis
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I guess I should have expected a Han Solo movie.
Still though, I'm really feeling the truth of "the star wars universe is actually very shallow. If it isn't in the first three movies it won't sell".
The Han Solo movie? I mean.. really? Ouch.
I'm sure it will be competent.
Still though, I'm really feeling the truth of "the star wars universe is actually very shallow. If it isn't in the first three movies it won't sell".
The Han Solo movie? I mean.. really? Ouch.
I'm sure it will be competent.
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I think there is some trepidation over at Lucasfilm that this may very well end up being the case and they're afraid of straying too far from the original source material. These standalone anthology movies should provide them with opportunities to take some chances and move into some completely new areas, but that's not how they're going to utilize them for the foreseeable future. They are taking chances with them just not those kinds of chances unfortunately. Hopefully they'll start sewing some seeds that will tip their hands as to new territory that they intend to explore in the not so distant future but I'm not holding my breath just yet.
As a franchise Star Wars is very reliant on it's cultural footprint and the nostalgia associated with that for it's success. Having a fan base where a significant portion has a pathological fixation on it staying a very narrow, specific thing doesn't help.
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Well, that's the Star Wars franchise and they paid for that franchise to get those fans so they could sell them what they want.
Star Wars is still, all things considered, more flexible than many other (Disney) franchises (how much can you branch and experiment with, dunno, Pirates of the Caribbean?).
One advantage of Disney's franchise super-collection surely is that they can pick and choose. If a movie is an odd fit for one franchise and might upset the nerd-base, do it in another franchise!!! (or as a no-franchise stand alone, though non-animated Disney seems to have little appetite for those).
Star Wars is still, all things considered, more flexible than many other (Disney) franchises (how much can you branch and experiment with, dunno, Pirates of the Caribbean?).
One advantage of Disney's franchise super-collection surely is that they can pick and choose. If a movie is an odd fit for one franchise and might upset the nerd-base, do it in another franchise!!! (or as a no-franchise stand alone, though non-animated Disney seems to have little appetite for those).
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Royal
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Disney is hard at it turning all of their old animated stuff into live action films, most of them stand alones. They've just shoved a live action Dumbo movie into the pipeline, with Tim Burton directing. It continues to mystify me how that guy keeps getting work.
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My first thought was something akin to Blue Harvest, but then I realized I was thinking too much into it heh
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Miguex
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Very general plot synopsis in the last line of this interview with Billy Dee after his lunch with Donald Glover. No fucking idea what the poster above me is on about...
Billy Dee Williams on Secret 'Star Wars' Lunch With Donald Glover and Finally Playing Two-Face
not really all that surprising I guess, but interesting that he said anything at all with some kind of certainty
not really all that surprising I guess, but interesting that he said anything at all with some kind of certainty
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